The Graying of the Green
May 17, 2012 by David Solway |
David Solway surveys major challenges to the Global Warming thesis.
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Fang Lizhi, 1991 Sidney Hook Award Recipient
Apr 30, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
NAS mourns the passing of an intrepid advocate of free inquiry and democracy.
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Peter Wood: Has Science Become Politicized?
Apr 17, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS president Peter Wood discusses academic standards for science and the consequences that result when science becomes tainted by political bias.
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Full Moon
Mar 15, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reflects on delusion, discovery, and deception in light of the dangerous knowledge of the scientist Ron Fouchier and the deceit of the prominent climate researcher Peter Gleick.
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What’s Going on Behind the Curtain? Climategate 2.0 and Scientific Integrity
Dec 14, 2011 by H. Sterling Burnett |
New leaked emails by climate researchers don't disprove anthropogenic global warming - but they do seem to call into question these scientists' reliability.
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Sustainability News
Dec 14, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Researchers determine that sustainability is now a science; Occupy Wall Street's sustainability committee plays house; Harvard looks to hire someone who can "cultivate an understanding of food"; and a debate asks whether the… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Why UCLA’s Firing of a Lone Dissenting Voice Should Worry Us
Dec 05, 2011 by Geoffrey C. Kabat |
The treatment of James Enstrom, whose research threatened environmental activists' efforts to enact regulation, illuminates the politicization of science.
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Science and Western Civilization
Nov 23, 2011 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses the development of science in the Western intellectual tradition, noting that it has unfortunately become loosed from its original moorings.
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Postmodern Science and Western Civilization
Nov 17, 2011 by William H. Young |
William Young assesses the impact of postmodern ideology on the natural sciences.
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Want to Increase STEM Numbers? Then Don’t Grade ‘Em So Hard
Nov 14, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Here's an apparently serious piece by a graduate nursing student at U/Texas Austin which argues for simply easing up on grading standards as a solution. There, you want higher STEM numbers?
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STEM and Western Civilization
Nov 10, 2011 by William H. Young |
Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is indeed lagging badly. William Young argues that a misguided preoccupation with "gender parity" in the sciences can only obstruct the path to improvement.
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Independent Scientists Publish Pre-Peer Review Findings, Say “Global Warming…
Oct 24, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
A non-partisan group called Berkeley Earth has released the results of new data analysis, finding "reliable evidence of a rise in the average world land temperature of approximately 1º Celsius since the mid-1950s.”
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Science, Faith, and Academic Freedom: Erskine College Swats a Gadfly
Sep 15, 2011 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |
A professor's dismissal raises questions about whether religious colleges can protect both academic freedom and a creedal mission.
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Unnumbered
Aug 31, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood fears that a new proposal for improving science education will lead to even greater math illiteracy among high school graduates.
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Climate Thuggery
Aug 05, 2011 by Peter Wood |
NAS president Peter Wood ponders the difficulties of discussing climate change calmly and rationally.
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